Egypt Elects New President

Turnout on Egypt's final day of a presidential runoff appeared low Sunday as the military leadership seemed poised to cement its hold on the nation's legislative authority and clarified the incoming president's powers.

Updated June 17, 2012 3:05 p.m. ET

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Voters at a polling station in Cairo Sunday during elections for Egypt's first democratically elected president.
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Women checked for their names before casting their votes on the second and final day of a presidential runoff in Egypt Sunday.
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An electoral official held a voting ballot in Cairo Sunday. The military leadership clarified the incoming president's powers and seemed poised to cement its hold on the nation's legislative authority.
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A man showed his ink-stained finger as he walked past security personnel in Cairo Sunday. The Supreme Council of Armed Forces plans to introduce constitutional declarations that would allow it to act in place of the Egyptian Parliament that was dissolved last week by court order.
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A voter dipped her finger in ink after she voted in Cairo Sunday. According to military sources, the new president will be given the power to appoint ministers and other government officials and will set a timetable for new parliamentary elections.
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A box of ballots sat in a Cairo polling station. Sunday's voting pattern appeared in-line with Saturday's when turnout at the polls was moderate compared with the 46% officially reported in the first round of presidential voting in May.
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A voter dipped his finger in a bottle of ink after casting his vote in Cairo Sunday.
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A man checked for his name in Giza, Egypt, before voting on the first day of the presidential runoff Saturday. The candidates are Ahmed Shafiq, a former prime minister under ousted leader Hosni Mubarak, and Mohammed Morsi, a Muslim Brotherhood leader.
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